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May has come and gone and still no babies. I have since learned that spring births can come up to 3 weeks behind schedule. So the last week I have tried to keep sane and calm, busying ourselves with typical farm work. Several major milestones have been made this month.
We completed siding the barn, WOO HOO! That is actually quite huge for us, although it happened without much pomp and circumstance. We have been picking away at this barn for so long. We also finished siding the cuppola, added our alpaca weathervane, and put in the windows. Again, a huge milestone, but in the scheme of things, it came to pass without much fanfare. Steve and I giggled and hugged, but no photos of us on the roof posing to commemorate the event.
We successfully installed two of the seven barn doors, without incident.
We cleaned our front yard of much of the debris left by the convict logger. (That has been a three year battle, reminds me, need to find out where our court case stands...) We burned debris for three whole days after spending about 60-hours out there cleaning debris. It has taken us so long as it never seemed a priority. But, now that front part of our yard is looking clear and I can see the future pasture taking shape.
We purchased a york rake for our tractor. This is helping to clear roots for the back pasture. We have about 3/4 of an acre completely cleared, thanks to last years pigs, and ready for seeding. We finished picking rocks out this month.
Moved our compost pile that is now completely turned in to the most rich and beautiful topper I have ever laid my eyes or hands on. Started a new pile.
Prepped the area around the barn for back fill. This consisted of moving the accumulating tractor implements, the loads of Siding and fenceposts, irrigation pipe awaiting its final resting place. We still need about 200 cubic yards of backfill around the barn to bring everything up to grade. There is some natural sloping to the ground which we want to make more level and easily slope instead of the steep slope we have going.
Lastly, we have cut down the larger saplings that have taken over the hillside we are setting the pigs on this summer. The pigs will finish clearing the hillside in preparation for Sunday brunch..ahem...I mean pasture.
When I write it all down, doesn't seem like a whole lot. What the heck are we doing with our days???
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